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NEW DELHI: State-owned aluminium maker Nalco has devised a plan to double its wind power generation capacity to 200 MW with an investment of Rs 700 crore, a top company official said. "We have decided to install an additional 100 MW wind power generation capacity to our existing 100 MW capacity. An investment to the tune of Rs 700 crore will be required for the addition," Nalco's Chairman and Managing Director Ansuman Das told PTI. The company has already floated an open tender seeking expression of interests from project developers.

KOLKATA: Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) has received approval from the Chhattisgarh government to start a 1,200-mw captive power plant . The development comes as a shot in the arm for the company's plans to raise its production capacity by more than 60 per cent to 5.7 lakh tonnes per annum at Korba. Balco, a subsidiary of Vedanta group company Sesa Sterlite, had invested Rs 5,000 crore in the plant, which comprises four units of 300 mw each. "The state government's approval enables us to further ramp up our state-of-the-art aluminium smelter, raising aluminium capacity to 570,000 tonnes per annum," said Ramesh Nair , CEO and wholetime director of Balco.

NEW DELHI: Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) has received approval from the Chhattisgarh government to start a 1,200-MW captive power plant at its Korba aluminium smelter in the state. The functioning of the power plant, set up with an investment of about Rs 5,000 crore, would help boost BALCO's annual aluminium production capacity to 5.7 lakh tonnes, the company said in a statement today. BALCO is a subsidiary of Vedanta group's Sesa Sterlite . The company has received approval from Chhattisgarh government to start a 1,200 MW captive power plant at its Korba aluminium smelter.

MUMBAI: Notwithstanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strong push for nuclear energy which he wants trebled by 2024, ally Shiv Sena today said it will continue to back those opposed to the 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra. "It has been our stand that Shiv Sena will support the locals of Jaitapur who have been opposing the plant. If there is an opposition, then why should we go against the will of the locals. After all, we are working for the development of the people," senior Shiv Sena leader and state's Industries Minister Subhash Desai told reporters.

MUMBAI: Rays Power Experts today said it has commissioned a 5 MW solar power project in Haryana . "The company has successfully commissioned a turnkey order of 5MW solar project in Khera district in Haryana. Rays Power Experts conducted complete designing of the project, its technical and engineering ground work, installation process and commissioning of the project," a release issued here said. "Haryana is a strategic market for us and we are geared to make use of innovative technology and skilled field manpower to execute the project on time and deliver the best to our customers.

AHMEDABAD: China Light & Power, China's leading power generation company, is looking to invest more than $2 billion to build around 1,5002,000 mw of coal-based power plant in Gujarat, a senior company executive told ET on Sunday . "We are going to sign the memorandum of understanding with the Gujarat government on the coal-based power plant," Richard Lancaster, chief executive officer of CLP, said on the sidelines of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit...

GANDHINAGAR: Welspun Renewables today announced an investment of Rs 8,300 crore to set up about 1,000 MW solar and wind capacities in Gujarat. At the Vibrant Gujarat Summit here, Welspun Renewables committed to set up 500 MW wind and 600 MW solar capacities with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL). "An investment of Rs 8,300 crore will be poured to develop over 1 GW capacities in Gujarat. The IPP (Independent Power Producer) made these commitments during the first day of the Vibrant Gujarat summit," the company said in a statement.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government today indicated to cancel MoUs with at least three independent power producers for tardy progress on their coal-based projects earlier proposed in the state. "The progress made by Astaranga Power , SPI Ports and KU Projects is not satisfactory. Their memorandum of understanding (MoUs) have lapsed and we are not willing to extend their pacts," Energy Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said after attending a review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary G C Pati.

NEW DELHI: State-run BHEL has announced commissioning of 600 MW unit of a thermal power project in Chhattisgarh. The unit was commissioned at Jindal Power's upcoming 4x600 MW thermal power project at Tamnar in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, BHEL said in a statement. This is the third 600 MW unit of the project to be commissioned by BHEL. The first two units of 600 MW each were commissioned in March, 2014. With the commissioning of this unit, BHEL has added 3,500 MW capacity in Chhattisgarh in 2014 alone.

HYDERABAD: To achieve the target for solar energy capacity of 100,000 MW, India needs a policy change, apart from getting rid of subsidies on some fossil fuel sources of energy, noted environmentalist and Nobel Laureate R K Pachauri said here today. "The new government is committed to setting up 1 lakh MW of solar power capacity possibly in less than a decade. I think this would be a remarkable development if the Government of India can pursue a target of 1 lakh MW (from solar power)